Fence-post



(MMM') U. G. THOMPSON & 0. W'AIN.

FENCE POST. I Patented Sept. 4, 1894.

WU gasses UN TED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ULYS SES G. THOMPSON AND CHARLES WAIN, OF ONEIDA, OHIO.

FENCE-POST.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 525,433, datedSeptember 4, 1 894. Application filed September 5, 1893. Serial No.484,880. (No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that we, ULYSSES G. THOMPSON and CHARLES WAIN, citizens ofthe United States, residing at Oneida, (Mills,) in the county of Carrolland State of Ohio, have invented a new and useful Fence-Post; and we dohereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription of our-invention, which will enable others skilled in theart of clay-workin g, to which it appertains,to manufacture and use thesame.

The invention relates to improvements in fence posts.

The object of the present invention is to increase the durability offence posts, and to enable staples for fastening fence wires to posts tobe automaticallyclinched in posts constructed of earthenware, or similarmater1a The invention consists in the construction and novel combinationand arrangement of -parts hereinafter fully described, illustrated inthe accompanying drawings, and pointed out in the claim hereto appended.

In the drawings: Figure 1 is a perspective view of a fence postconstructed in accordance with this invention. Fig. 2isa verticalsectional view of the same, the staples being shown preparatory to beingdriven into the sockets.

Like numerals of reference indicate corresponding parts in all thefigures of the drawmgs.

1 designates a fence post constructed of burnt clay, or similarmaterial, which is practically indestructible; it is round, but anyother desired form may be employed; and it is provided with a verticalseries of sockets 2.

The sockets 2 are arranged in pairs, of which there maybe any desirednumber corresponding to the number of fence wires; and the sockets ofeach pair are formed in the material, while the latter. is in a plasticcondition; and they diverge inward, being oppositely curved upward anddownward as shown.

When the material, of which the post is constructed, is in a plasticcondition before it has hardened, cores of any suitable material may beemployed for forming the sockets 2 and these cores may remain in thepost until after the material has hardened. These cores must besufficiently flexible to enable them, after a post has hardened, to bewithdrawn without injuring the sockets.

Each pair of sockets is-adapted to receive a staple 3, which is driveninto the post for securing a fence wire to the same; and the sides orlegs of the staple are curved upward sacrificing any of the advantagesof this invention.

.What we claim is- A solid earthen fence post,.or the like, prov Videdwith a vertical series of sockets, arranged in pairs and diverginginward and curving upward and downward, whereby staples are adapted tobe driven in the post for securing fence wires thereto and areautomatically clinched, substantially as described.

ULYSSES G. THOMPSON. CHARLES WAIN. Witnesses:

PHILIP SUMMERS, JOHN FINEFROEK.

